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October 2019 - Foundation Plus 5-a-day

Every Foundation Plus sheet published in October 2019, with answers. Grades 4-6 - the Foundation / Higher crossover zone.

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October 2019

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 4-6

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Every sheet in October 2019

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st October 2019Work out (24 x 10^6) / (4 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
  2. 2nd October 2019A line has equation y = 6x - 24. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  3. 3rd October 2019A pack of 6 pencils costs 90p. A pack of 18 costs £2.52. Which pack is better value?
  4. 4th October 2019A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 4 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  5. 5th October 2019A bag holds 7 red and 2 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  6. 6th October 2019In a survey 2 households own 1 car, 7 own 2 cars and 3 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
  7. 7th October 2019A meal deal has 7 mains, 9 sides and 3 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  8. 8th October 2019Solve 7(x + 5) = 91.
  9. 9th October 2019Work out 30% of 400.
  10. 10th October 2019A trapezium has parallel sides of 10 cm and 15 cm, 4 cm apart. Work out its area.
  11. 11th October 2019A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 100 times. How many heads would you expect?
  12. 12th October 2019A box plot has a minimum of 7 and a maximum of 38. Work out the range.
  13. 13th October 2019A bill is £456 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  14. 14th October 2019Use v = u + at with u = 12, a = 8 and t = 2. Work out v.
  15. 15th October 2019Write the ratio 8 : 72 in the form 1 : n.
  16. 16th October 2019Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 125°, 46° and 118°. Work out the fourth.
  17. 17th October 2019A bag holds 5 red and 2 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  18. 18th October 2019A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 6x + 12. Use it to estimate y when x = 11.
  19. 19th October 2019Work out (27 x 10^9) / (3 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
  20. 20th October 20195 teas and 3 cakes cost £17.30. 4 teas and 3 cakes cost £15.70. Find the price of a tea.
  21. 21st October 2019A coach travels 70 km in 1.5 hours, then 50 km in 1.5 hours. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
  22. 22nd October 2019A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 18 cm and height 7 cm. The prism is 5 cm long. Work out its volume.
  23. 23rd October 2019A bag holds 4 red and 7 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  24. 24th October 2019Four classes in order have frequencies 9, 8, 5, 6. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  25. 25th October 2019A meal deal has 3 mains, 3 sides and 6 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  26. 26th October 2019For the curve y = 16/x, work out y when x = -4, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  27. 27th October 2019Callum drives 240 km in 4 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
  28. 28th October 2019Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular 12-sided polygon.
  29. 29th October 2019A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?
  30. 30th October 201910 newts are marked and released. Later 40 are caught, of which 4 are marked. Estimate the population.
  31. 31st October 2019A bill is £120 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.

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